City

Definitions

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proper n. popular, shortened form for the City of London, the historic core of London where the Roman settlement of Londinium was established

proper n. a metonym for the United Kingdom's financial industries, which are principally based in the City of London

proper n. A popular name (not always capitalized) for any of several other cities in metropolitan areas (such as San Francisco)

proper n. A nickname for Manchester City Football Club, an English football club.

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Examples

No one is saying he is a bad player – well, no more than three-quarters of the city, including City fans who feel they had a lucky escape – though all too clearly his £30m move has not been the success that was hoped.

Uncle Sam wants Newark, New Jersey or any other resilient, progresssive city to (A) start a set of narrow State Chartered, City and Citizen-owned 4%-mortgage banks and (B) create five thousand 4% mortgage loans for local homes by one bank in each community-area of 75,000 people.

Instead of doing the usual federal programs that go through state governments, it's time to go directly to the mayors and city councils for guidance and federal aid should bypass the states all together for cities over one million people and be given directly to City governments.

Its not bad enough that we have no street parking in this city and it is very bad in Council District 5, now they want to let developers build without parking and let them give the money to the City in lieu of spaces.

The neighborhood council idiots like Lisa Sarkin who don't realize just how deeply the city is in a financial mess would like to elect a failed Sacramento Politician who would do nothing to keep businesses in Los Angeles and try to keep more tax revenue from leaving the City.